Carrier for tubs.



F. E. WITNBYJ GABBIBB FOR TUBS.

APPLICATION FILED IEB. 17, 1909.

927,309. j I Patentdm 6,1909.

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FRANK EDGAR WITNEY, Ol! FISHKILL-ON-THE-HUDSON, NEW YORK.

CARRIER FOR TUBS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 6, 1909.

Application filed February 17, 1909. Serial No. 478,380.

improve the construction of carriers, and to provide a simple and comparatively inexpensive carrler of great strength and durab1l1t ClGSI HGd )art-lcularlv for florists use for carrying large palms, and adapted to be advantageously employed for carrying various heavy articles such as large vases, pedes lals, etc, and capable of easy operation both in placing the article on it and removing it therefrom and in carrying the same.

Another object of the invention is to provide a carrier of this character, capable of perl'nitting the operators to stand almost upright both in lifting and carrying, and adapted to support the plants, vase, or other object close to the ground, but at a sufficient elevationto avoid interference.

The invention also has for its object to provide a carrying device of this character, adapted to permit either two, four or eight men to be employed with advantage in lifting and carrying, and capable when not in use of being taken apart and arranged in compact form, so that it will occupy but a small amount of space when stored away.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope of the claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawingsw-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a carrier, constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view, taken longitudinally of one of the main handles. Fig. 3 is a reverse plan view of the platform. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional View, illustrating the manner of detachably connecting the supplemental. handles with the main handles.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawing.

The carrier comprises in its construction a supporting frame 1, main handle bars 2 and supplemental handle bars 3, arranged at right angles to and crossing and extending beyond the main handles to enable an increased number of persons to support the weight upon the platform, when a heavy object is to be carried. The platform 1, which is designed in practice to be constructed of oak, or other suitable material, is provided with a smooth hard upper face and is placed beneath the object to be carried before the handles are connected with it. The tub of a plant, or a pedestal, vase, or other object is tilted to enable the platform to be introduced beneath it, and it is then slid over the surface of the platform to the center thereof, the smooth upper face enabling such operation to be easily effected. The object is removed from the platform through a reverse operation by sliding it to the edge of the platform and tilting it upon the ground, or other supporting surface to permit the removal of the platform.

The platform, which is rectangular, is provided with a marginal frame 4 of rectangular form, constructed of wrought iron, or other suitable metal and provided at or near the corners of the platform with upwardly extending hooks 5, having outwardly and downwardly curved bills or engaging portions, which are adapted to engage with eyes 6 of hangers 7. The hooks project above the upper face of the platform and there is sufiicient space between the terminals of the bills of the hooks and the ground or other supporting surface to permit the eyes of the hangers to be readily engaged with the hooks.

The hangers, which are constructed of suitable metal, are substantially Y-shaped, being provided with a lower straight vertical portion or stem 8 and upwardly extending spaced sides 9, connected at their lower terminals to the upper end of the stem 8 and provided with threaded upper portions, piercing the main handle bars 2 and receiving upper and lower nuts 10 and 11 for engaging the upper and. lower faces of the handle bars 2. The hangers 7 are rigid with the main handle bars, which have their terminal portions 12 shaped into suitable handles.

The supplemental handle bars 3, which are also provided with terminal. handle portions 13, extend beneath the main handle bars and are provided at their upper faces with metallic loops let, constructed of strap iron, or other suitable material and secured by bolts 15, or other suitable fastening devices to the upper faces of the supplemental handle bars 3. The handle bars are substantially rectangular in cross section, and the loops conform to the configuration of the same and are adapted to be readily slipped on and off the upper portions of the main handle bars The main handle bars are spaced a suf- .tieient distance apart to permit them to be readily grasped by two persons standing between them so that when the weight of an object does not require more than two persons, they may coi'ivenien'tly operate the car rier. The main handle bars are also adapt- .ed to permit the carrier to be operated with four persons, one at each of the handles, and when an extremely heavy plant, or other object is to be carried, the supplemental handle bars may be readily placed on the main handle bars, the inward movement of the former being limited by the hangers. Either handle of either set may be arranged at either side of the carrier on account of there being no rights and lofts, thereby greatly facilitating the assembling of the parts, and when the carrier is not in use, the handle bars may be detached to permit them to be compactly arranged.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A carrier of the class described including a platform adapted to receive the object to be carried, and spaced handle bars having terminal handle portions and detachably connected between the handle portions with the platform so as to be connected with the same after the object has been placed thereon.

A carrier of the class described including a. platform adapted to receive the object to be carried, spaced horizontal handle bars, and hangers detachably connecting the handle bars with the platform so as to permit the former to be applied to the latter after the object has been placed thereon, said hangers also operating to space the platform a considerable distance below the handle bars so as to arrange the weight close to the ground and at the same time permit the persons receiving the carrier to stand in substantially an upright position.

3. A carrier of the class described including a platform adapted to receive the object to be carried, and spaced handle bars provided with depending hangers rigidly connected with the said handle bars and detachably connected with the platform so as to permit the handle bars to be connected to the platform after the weight to be carried has been placed thereon.

4. A carrier of the class described includ ing a platform provided with opposite hooks, and spaced handle bars provided with rigid depending hangers having eyes at their lower ends to engage with the hooks.

5. A cai'rier of the class described including a platform provided with opposite hooks, and spaced handle bars provided with substantially Y-shaped hangers composedof upper spaced sides connected with the handle bars and depending stems having terminal means for engaging with the said hooks.

G. A carrier of the class described including a platform, a marginal frame secured to the lower face of the platform and pro vided with attaching means projecting beyond the edges of the platform, and spaced handle bars provided with hangers detachably engaging with the said attaching means.

7. A carrier of the class described including a. platform, main handle bars spaced apart and connected with the platform, and spaced sumplemental handle bars crossing the main handle bars and detachably connected with the same.

8. A carrier of the class described including a platform, main handle bars spaced apart and connected with the platform, and spaced supplemental handle bars Xtending beneath and crossing the main handle bars and provided with loops slidably embracing the latter.

9. A carrier of the class described including a. platform, main handle bars provided with hangers detachably connected with the platform at opposite sides thereof, and spaced supplemental handle bars extending beneath and crossing the main handle bars and provided with loops slidably embracing the same.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK EDGAR \VITNE Y. Witnesses ALFRED T. Barn, CHAnLns DATE. 

